Note: The UBC Human Rights Collective (HRC) is based out of the UBC Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE). The HRC is supported by the wider UBC ORICE team.
Dr. Jenny Peterson
Faculty AdvisorDr. Jenny Peterson (she/her) is the Faculty Advisor for the UBC Human Rights Collective. Jenny Peterson joined the department from the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (Manchester) where she worked as a lecturer from 2009-2013. She is broadly interested in the politics of international aid with her past work analyzing process of liberal peacebuilding and critiques thereof. [...]
Tamara Baldwin
Director, Office of Regional and International Community EngagementTamara Baldwin (she/her) is the Director of the Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) at the University of British Columbia (which the UBC Human Rights Collective is housed under). Tamara has worked in higher education for two decades with a background in community/international development, student engagement, curriculum design, assessment and facilitation. [...]
Max Bogpene
Graduate Academic AssistantMax Bogpene (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science. He is currently the Graduate Academic Assistant for the Human Rights Training Program. He studies International Relations with a particular focus on norm contestation, international law, and how states and/or regional groupings of states resist international norms and institutions. [...]
Mutuma (Caelan)
Program AssistantCaelan Mutuma (he/him) is a second-year student studying International Relations and Human Geography, from Nairobi, Kenya. He is passionate about the intersectionality between culture, the creative arts, and socio-economic development, specifically within the Sub-Saharan African context. Mutuma has worked in various international student organizations where he has harnessed the influence of content, dialogue, media, and education to explore justice issues and increase youth participation in human rights enforcement. [...]
Shogofa Alizada
Student Researcher - ICF AfghanistanShogofa (she/her) is a second-year student pursuing Geography (Environment & Sustainability) with a minor in GIS and Geographical Computations. A Hazara from Afghanistan, she moved to the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples in 2017. She is joining the UBC HRC as a student researcher for the ICF-Afghanistan project. When not working or studying, Shogofa can be found hiking, reading, and exploring the city with friends
Aida Sanjush
Student Researcher - ICF AfghanistanAida Sanjush is an avid learner with a strong sense of community, driven by a profound dedication to humanitarian causes, particularly advocating for women’s education and promoting the well-being of refugees. After completing a transformative year-round exchange program at Sciences Po in France, Aida is currently embarking on the final year of her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of British Columbia. [...]
Tosya Khodarkovsky
Project Assistant - Scholars in PrisonTosya Khodarkovsky (she/her) is a 4th year student studying International Relations, from Chicago, Illinois. She was introduced to ORICE through the Scholars at Risk (SAR) program, when she engaged in the Scholars in Prison (SIP) engagementship, advocating for Egyptian Scholars in Prison. [...]
Emma Villalobos
Program Assistant - Human Rights Training ProjectEmma Villalobos (she/her) is a fourth-year student majoring in International Relations and minoring in Law and Society. She is passionate about social justice and human rights. Therefore, she is excited to join the Human Rights Training Project as a program assistant. [...]
Noah Stuart
Program Assistant - Human Rights Training ProjectNoah Stuart (he/him) is a fourth-year student studying International Relations. His academic interests include Canadian and U.S. foreign policy in addition to state relations in the Asia-Pacific region. [...]